Hand galley-proofing press.



H. H. JENKINS. HAND GALLEY PBOOFING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED MABA, 1911.

R D Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

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HENRY H. JENKINS, OF MORRISON, IOWA.

HAND GALLEY-PROOFING PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

Application filed March 4, 1911. Serial No. 612,293.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. JENKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Morrison, in the county of Grundy and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand Galley-Proofing Presses, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. 1

This invention relates to hand, galley proofing presses, and has for its object to provide an improved press of this kind in which the carrier may be smoothly operated and the parts held securely in place.

The invention further has for its object to provide an improved press of this kind so constructed and arranged that the impression roller will be carried evenly the whole length of the bed or track and in which the impression roller may be easily raised and lowered and any desired impression be had.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved press of this kind which carries and distributes its own proofing paper.

The invention further has for its object to provide an improved press of this kind, in which the roll of paper may be easily put in place and removed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings:-Figure 1 is a side view of a press constructed in accordance with this invention and shown as partly broken away. Fig. 2 is an end View thereof in cross sect-ion. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of a portion of one end of the supporting frame. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of another portion of the end of the supporting frame. Fig. 5 represents detail views of a portion of the adjustable support for the impression roller.

In carrying out the invention a suitable main frame-work 1 is provided, as here shown of a trough-shape, and having mounted on the inside of each side a track 2 over which travel rollers 3 mounted on the brackets 1 of the carrier frame. Each of the tracks 2 consists of a longitudinal bar secured to the inner side of the trough shaped frame and having on its underside a depending flange forming with the side of the trough a longitudinal groove. The lower ends of said brackets 4 have flanged rollers 5, the flanges of each roller engaging the groove in the underside of each track 2 thereby holding the carrier frame steadily in position. The impression roller 7 is adjustably mounted in the carrier frame and has its pintles adjustably mounted in the portion 8 of the carrier and held in adjusted position by means of set screws 9. By this means the impression roller may be adjusted the desired distance above the type. 10 is a guide roller mounted in the carrier frame over which extends the paper 11 from a paper roller 12 which has its pintles 12 mounted in the slotted upper ends 13 of the uprights 14 of the carrier frame 15 which ma be drawn to and fro by means of suitable handles, as for example, the U-shaped wire bails 16 connected to the uprights 14: and each having a wooden handle 17. The paper roll may easily be removed by tilting the pintles 12 out of the slotted brackets 14. and taking off the nuts 18 which are each held in place by a pin 18 and sliding off the disks 19 thereby permitting the roller 12 to be pushed on and off of the shaft and the roll of paper to be put in place.

WVhen the device is to be used, it is of course provided with a galley of type of any ordinary description and which is not deemed necessary to show as the same forms no part of the present invention. This type is located in the bottom 21 of the supporting frame 1 centrally beneath the impression roller 7 The carrier is drawn to either end of the track. The type is inked with the hand roller and then the paper is started down in front of the guide roller 10, and the carrier is then brought forward until the impression roller nearly touches the type. Then the paper is started between the impression roller and the type and by operating the handle the carrier is drawn over the entire length of the type. The paper is then cut off with a pair of scissors just above the guide roller. In use the impression roller is covered with a blanket of a good quality of felt an eighth of an inch thick and will not mar the most delicate of type faces. The bed and side rails of the press are preferably made of cast iron with short legs adapted to be screwed fast to a bench. Movable stops may be placed at the ends of the frame. The hinged plates 22 may be provided at the ends of the tracks to prevent the carrier from rolling off the same and may be held in place and released by a thumb screw 23 engaging a slot 24 in the plate 22, as shown in Fig. 3. By swinging the plates 22 out of the way the carrier may be removed from the rails.

Having described the invention, I claim In a device of the kind described, a trough-shaped main frame, a track rail mounted on the inner side of each side of said main frame, and having a groove in its lower side, a carrier having rollers resting on the top of said track rails, and flanged rollers engaging the under side of said track rails and an adjustable impression roller for drawing said carrier backward and for- 15 ward on said rail.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

HENRY H. JmvKnvs .w

Witnesses:

ROBERT E. KAUFMAN, K. KAUFMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

